Mariele, Benjamin R.
Army Technician sergeant

Benjamin R. Mariele, age 22, from Buffalo, New York, Erie county.

Parents: Mae Mariele. Benjamin died just hours after visiting her in Buffalo.

Service era: World War II
Schools: Burgard Vocational High graduate

Date of death: Saturday, October 2, 1943
Death details: Killed in a bomber crash while on a routine mission near Penn Yan, New York

Source: National Archives, Charlotte Observer (1943), Buffalo Evening News (1943)